• Top UN Official says Nig govt not doing enough
• Amnesty demands action
• Norther group pledges support
The International Criminal Court is facing some challenges in its plan to investigate crimes by the Nigerian security forces.
The ICC announced last week that it had confirmed alleged crimes in security operations against terrorist groups in the northern part of Nigeria.
It also says the Office of the Prosecutor has received information of alleged crimes outside the anti-insurgency operations, which it shall also investigate.
ROD RADSTAN, who is a lawyer with the ICC, said when the investigation begins, it would cover other crimes in other parts of Nigeria.
RADSTAN made this known when he took part in a zoom conference organized by Amnesty International Nigeria, with the theme: Accountability in Nigeria: Time for Action.
ROD RADSTAN said the ICC would continue to work with the Nigerian authorities to make them do the right thing, as it concerns the investigation of alleged crimes by the security forces.
The ICC official was responding to concerns by NETSANET BELAY, who is the Research and Advocacy Director of Amnesty International.
BELAY said the group would not accept ICC’s excuse that investigating cases in Nigeria would be too expensive.
Also speaking; the United Nations official in charge of arbitrary killings, AGNES CALLARMARD, faulted the manner the Nigerian government was handling the issue of crime by the security forces.
CALLARMARD also expressed hope with the manner the young Nigerians behind the recent EndSARS protest conducted themselves.